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Foreign tourists enjoy a cyclo tour in HCM City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The HCM City Tourism Association has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on further extension of visa exemption for tourists coming from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The visa waiver programme for the five European countries will expire at the end of June. It remains unclear if the Government will extend the visa waiver, causing uncertainty to the tourism industry and making it difficult for tourism agencies to develop marketing plans for these markets, the association said. The visa waiver for tourists, which began in mid-2015, has helped increase the number of foreign visitor arrivals. The association has asked the government to approve exemptions for five years instead of making renewal every year, and to increase the maximum stay to 30 days from the current 15. The association chairwoman, Nguyen Thi Khanh, also asked the government to … [Read more...] about HCM City proposes visa exemption extension

Visitors at the HCM City Travel Fair.— Photo Thu Hang More than 40 travel firms in HCM City sold 9,000 tour packages worth a total of VND83 billion (US$US$3.64 million) during a four-day travel fair in HCM City that wrapped up on Sunday. The HCM City Travel Fair attracted 320,000 visitors. Travel firms and airlines as well as hotels and resorts in 37 cities and provinces offered discounts of 15-50 per cent, as well as 10,000 gifts to buyers. Revenue surged by 38 per cent compared to last year’s figure, according to the city’s Department of Tourism. Nguyen Thi Nha Quyen, 36, from Binh Thanh District, bought a five-day tour package to Taiwan worth VND 8.3 million ($365) a person. “The tour was discounted at VND600,000 a person so I bought it for seven people in my family. We will travel together next month,” she said. At the fair, the city’s Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group launched a tourism app featuring … [Read more...] about HCM City launches tourist app

Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Tourism officials in the tourism triangle of HCM City, the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng and coastal province of Bình Thuận have agreed to expand a tourism co-operation programme to jointly develop unique inter-regional packages. A programme called Tourism Development Triangle of HCM City, Lâm Đồng Province and Bình Thuận Province had been launched in 2013 with various inter-regional tours created to offer people the chance to visit the beautiful beaches in Mũi Né, the picturesque landscapes and flowers in Đà Lạt and bustling markets of HCM City, Bùi Tá Hoàng Vũ, director of the HCM City tourism department, said. Under the programme, the three localities have exchanged information on tourism strategies and investment and incentive policies to create favourable conditions for investors to invest in tourism projects, Vũ said at a conference … [Read more...] about HCM City, Bình Thuận, Lâm Đồng upgrade joint tourism programme

Nguyễn Thành Tâm celebrates his stage win yesterday. — Photo plo.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Thành Tâm won the 15th stage and took the yellow jersey at the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament yesterday. Tâm of Gạo Hạt Ngọc Trời An Giang completed the 40km stage around Tuy Hòa City in Phú Yên Province with a time of 1:02.34. This is his fourth win in the tournament. Tâm replaced Huỳnh Thanh Tùng of Military Zone 7, who finished fourth, as the leader of the tour. Tâm recorded a total time of 35:52.23. Tùng was just two seconds behind. Edgar Espaola Nito of Ynghua Đồng Nai stood third, clocking 36:53.18. This win was a sweet revenge for Tâm who had lost his jersey to Tùng in the tournament two years ago in Phú Yên. In the green jersey race, Lê Nguyệt Minh of Minh Giang-HCM City came second and Trần … [Read more...] about Tâm takes lead in HCM City cycling event

Visitors buy promotional tickets at Vietnam Airlines' booth. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – More than 70,000 domestic and foreign tour vouchers are available at discounts of up to 50 percent at the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair which opened at 23/9 Park on April 12. The annual event held by the municipal Department of Tourism features 150 booths of travel agencies, hotels, retailers, restaurants, transporters and airlines. This year, the fair is themed “Discovering 2018 Summer”. An array of promotional programmes are available at the festival, including “Hunting zero VND tour” with 1,000 free tickets for domestic and foreign tours, a gold hour of low prices and “buy one tour, get one tour”. The Vietnam Airlines Corporation will set aside 2,400 promotional codes with a 30 percent discount for individuals on domestic and international flights and up to 49 percent for groups on international flights. Travel aficionados will have chance to … [Read more...] about More than 70,000 discounted tours offered at HCM City tourism festival